Technology, Tools & Methods Used for Capacity Building at ISRO Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Technology, Tools & Methods Used for Capacity Building at ISRO Prakash Chauhan Agenda Item # 11 CEOS 8th Working Group for Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD) Annual Meeting IIRS/ISRO, India 6-8th March, 2019

Implementing Partners & Potential future collaborates Overview of ISRO CB activities Target Groups Individual CB: Education, training, employment and Mentoring Training of Trainers: School, UG teachers, Academia Decision Makers’: For senior executives Institutional Capacity building :,Ministries of GOI & State Govts, academic institutions Outreach through interactive Learning & MOOC Outcomes to be Achieved Expand the Earth observations & Geoinfomatics user base in Indian institutions and the developing world to expand the, and increase the awareness about Earth observations data and products of ISRO missions Provide high quality education to students of India and developing countries Promote space science and technology among citizens Measures for capacity Building Feed back mechanism, quantitative approach Emphasis on skill development by more practicals Geographical outreach and success stories Best practices followed Structured training programs for different target groups Training on demand, thematic workshops etc. Implementing Partners & Potential future collaborates Universities, S&T Institutes, Schools, UNOOSA, MEA, UNESCAPE, UN-CSSTEAP, Govt. departments Space agencies through CEOS WGCapD, GEO, WMO, IOCCG etc.

ISRO Capacity Building Initiatives ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION (AMRUT) Capacity Building for Sub-Scheme of Formulation of GIS Based Master Plan CSSTEAP Program for Asia Pacific region for RS/GIS, Sat. Meteorology, Space science PGD (RS & GIS, SATCOM, SATMET, Space & Atmospheric Sciences); 2 and 4 weeks short courses (DRR, Satellite Engg. & Small Satellites) New Capacity Building Program Office : UNNATI ( UNispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training by ISRO) program APRSAF/SEWG ISRO-JAXA Seminar (November 15-16, 2018), Dehradun ISPRS TC V 2018 Nov 20-23, 2018, Dehradun Geospatial Technology – Pixel to People Space Education to Educators Jointly organized by International Soc. Of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and Co-hosted by ISRO. About 450 international and national researchers, professionals, academician and students attended the four-day long international event. There were 169 invitees, out of which 37 were foreign delegates participated from 17 countries. Jointly organized by ISRO & JAXA at IIRS Dehradun Total 80 participants, 73 from India and 7 from Nepal participated in the Seminar. The Indian participation was from 16 States. The contents were presented/ delivered through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on sessions. Hands-on/ Demonstration on Water Rocket, Celestial Observations & Vacuum Experiment were conducted.   New infrastructure for Capacity Building NRSC established a new outreach facility at Jeedimetla near Hyderabad NESAC has started a new program for short courses in RS/GIS World Space Week Oct. 04-10, 2018), nation wide events Space Unites the World Celebrated by ISRO across the country by various Centers of ISRO Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore iirs

ISRO Capacity Building Initiatives Targeted CB Programs: Capacity Building at ISRO (32,812) Students' Academic Programme (88) Medium-term Trainings (2-8 Weeks) (113) Short-term (1-2 Weeks) (953) Decision Makers' (1-2 Days) (169) e-learning/ DLP (31,033) International (161) Individual CB: Education, training, employment and Mentoring Training of Trainers: School, UG teachers, Academia, (399) Decision Makers’: For senior executives (5416) Outreach through interactive Learning & MOOC (16,671) Country Total ASIA 2288 AFRICA 342 EUROPE 47 NORTH AMERICA 32 SOUTH AMERICA 97 AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA 20 Grand Total 2826 Demand Based Training (15 Courses by IIRS) Courses information; Course contents/syllabus; Outreach activities; Lecture Notes; Practical Demonstrations; Presentation Materials; Listing of Student’s Project; Newsletters; Brochures; Campus information; Course announcements; Partner Institutions; International linkages; Special Training Course on Atmospheric Remote Sensing for Weather & Climate Special Course on Remote Sensing Analysis & Python Programming Special Course on Customised Training Programme on Applications of Geospatial Technology for JNTU, Hyderabad Special Course on Space Technology Applications in Disaster Management Support Special Course on Geospatial Inputs for enabling Master Plan Formulation One week refresher course for IFS Officers on Advances in RS & GIS and GNSS Applications in Forestry Special Course on RS, GIS & GNSS Application for Disaster Management Short Course on Remote Sensing with special emphasis on Digital Image Proc. (ITEC-Sponsored) (S-RS) Short Course on Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation (C-RS) Knowledge Repository iirs

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